Measuring the Learning Model's Effectiveness in the Medical Surgical Nursing course

Abstract

Objective: Learning process activities should be carried out in a deliberate and systematic effort to achieve learning goals in the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains by changes in attitudes and behavior. When the learning process is wellexecuted, good learning objectives can be achieved. It is vital to have a good learning design to achieve a good learning process. The aim of this study was to create a detailed, methodical, and accurate description of the facts, qualities, and relationships between the phenomena being studied. Methods: This study aims to determine how effective the learning model is in the Medical-Surgical Nursing program. This was a qualitative descriptive study that used interviews, observations, and documentation studies as data collection methods. The study took place at the Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan (STIKes) Rumah Sakit Husada. Four lecturers from medical-surgical nursing courses and five students were involved in this study, and they were selected purposively. Result: According to the study's findings, lecturers had difficulties teaching a variety of abilities that must be possessed as competencies in medical-surgical nursing courses, while students had difficulties participating in the medical-surgical nursing learning process. The difficulties include: 1) the less motivating class as the activities are mainly listening to lectures and discussion of questions and answers and doing assignments; 2) printed modules are the main learning resources and PowerPoint slides as supporting learning materials; 3) the teaching team provide different topics simultaneously, making students confused and difficult to understand multiple topics 4) test or assignment feedbacks are supplied slowly, and 5) lecturers' outsideof- classroom guidance time is likewise limited due to their hectic schedules. Conclusion: The study concludes that the learning approach for Medical-Surgical Nursing is still traditional, making it difficult for students to receive optimal care. An appropriate design is needed to make a learning model that can help students to meet their learning objectives.